cptphotographer wrote:One of these Thick Tailed Bush Babies was a welcome visitor to our tent in Skukuza in the early 90's. He/She helped themselves to fruit and bread. It was a beautiful sight though. Saw it a few eveings in the trees above our tent for a few minutes each evening. Sadly though, never saw one since....

We had one visit our caravan as well on a regular basis in Feb 2004.

Two of them raided my fridge, also in Skukuza, June 2005. Just got back to the chalet as they were running off.

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Guest wrote:July 2008 - saw one in Punda Maria at night - not scared of humans - eating crumbs from the dinner table after the evening braai. .

We also had one “cleaning” our dishes at our safari tent in Punda during a visit in October last year. The only other sighting I had of one before, was at Olifants (river view bungalow #9)….it suddenly just came and sat on the wall around our veranda while we were eating….stared at us a few seconds, and was gone again.

I had to take a fledgeling into "Free Me" rehabillitation a couple of days ago. They gave me their quarterly publication to take home with me. In it was a tragic story highlighting the plight of bushbabies at the moment.

It seems as though they are often sold by hawkers, particularly in Mozambique. They are very endearing and very, very cute and well meaning tourists buy them in order to "rescue" them.

As a result of disease, wrong diet, inadequate care, any of these little creatures land at the "Free Me" centre, sometimes when it's too late.

"Free Me" urges people to bring these little creatures in immediately. They are difficult to raise and many of the hawkers are selling young babies that need very specialised care.

The bird doesn't sing because it has answers, it sings because it has a song.

We spotted a Bushbaby in Marloth Park in June and since then my daughter (5) is in love with them.... During our trip in August she bought one of the fluffy animals at the Skukuza shop - and no surprise it was a bushbaby.

She names all her stuffed animals... but this day she was in a foul mood and everytime I asked her what she's going to call the little thing, she would reply "Niks" (meaning she won't call him anything)... and after 2 days of this the name stuck.... and now she won't go to bed without NIKS by her side

Her little brother bought a Leopard and named him "Kallie"... as in Kallie Knoetze...why o why o why?

We have stayed in Skukuza, hut nr 26 and seen a Thick-tailed bushbaby each time. You can always hear them screaming in the distance before they pop in. This first time he creeped down and took an apple our neighbor disposed on the ground. The second, he stared at the lovely roasting chicken on my braai. Needess to say, I watched him with a beady eye until he left.

The correct name you're looking for is: Thick-tailed Bushbaby / Greater BushbabyI've seen them all over the park, especially in camps next to rivers, Letaba, Skukuza, LS, etc. They make the most terrible sound you've ever heard in your life!! It's eery!!

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